The Off-Modern charts a fresh path beyond the categories of modernism and postmodernism, center and periphery, artistic theory and practice--
Svetlana Boym Boeken
Svetlana Boyms literaire werk duikt in de ingewikkelde verbanden tussen utopie en kitsch, herinnering en moderniteit, en de dualiteiten van heimwee en de ziekte van het thuis. Haar schrijven is diep geworteld in de verkenning van de Russische literatuur van de 20e eeuw, cultuurstudies en vergelijkende literatuurtheorie. Boyms unieke stem biedt lezers diepgaande inzichten in de complexiteit van de menselijke ervaring, met nadruk op onderscheidende perspectieven op identiteit en verbondenheid.
The future of nostalgia
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Combining personal memoir, philosophical essay, and historical analysis, Svetlana Boym explores the spaces of collective nostalgia that connect national biography and personal self-fashioning in the twenty-first century. She guides us through the ruins and construction sites of post-communist cities--St. Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin, and Prague--and the imagined homelands of exiles-Benjamin, Nabokov, Mandelstahm, and Brodsky. From Jurassic Park to the Totalitarian Sculpture Garden, Boym unravels the threads of this global epidemic of longing and its antidotes.
The book explores themes of mystery and intrigue, delving into the complexities of life and death through a unique narrative lens. It invites readers to ponder the significance of words and their impact on human experience, weaving together elements of suspense and philosophical inquiry. The characters navigate a web of relationships and secrets, ultimately leading to revelations that challenge their perceptions of reality.